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The media<br />

1 Journalists and people in the media<br />

Match the words and definitions.<br />

commentator critic ~ditor freelance journalist newsreader paparazzi I,prepa'rretsil<br />

presenter press photographer reEQ1:ter<br />

I<br />

2 ___<br />

photographers who follow famous people around to get good photos of them to sell to a newspaper<br />

a person who writes about the good I bad qualities of books, concerts, theatre, films, etc.<br />

3 ___ a person who describes a sports event while it's happening on TV or radio<br />

4 _ _ _ a person who collects and reports news for newspapers, radio or TV<br />

5 _ _ _ a person in charge of a newspaper or magazine, or part of one, and decides what should be in it<br />

6 _ _ _ a person who introduces the different sections of a radio or TV programme<br />

7 ___ a person who writes articles for different papers and is not employed by a single newspaper<br />

8 __ _<br />

9 __ _<br />

a person who reads the news on TV or radio<br />

a person who takes photos for a newspaper<br />

2 Sections of a newspaper or news website<br />

Match the words and pictures.<br />

advertisement<br />

cartoon<br />

crossword<br />

front~<br />

horoscope<br />

review In'vju:1<br />

small ads<br />

weather forecast<br />

\ --. ""'<br />

3 Adjectives to describe the media<br />

Match the sentences. Then look at the way the bold<br />

adjectives are used in context, and guess their meaning.<br />

I The reporting in the paper was very sensational.<br />

2 The news on that TV channel is really biased l 'baIosti.<br />

3 I thlnk The Observer is the most ob~tive of the<br />

Sunday papers.<br />

4 The film review was quite "ccurate I'rekjoroti.<br />

5 I think the report was censored.<br />

4 The language of headlines<br />

Match the highlighted 'headline phrases' with its meaning.<br />

B.J Famous actress in<br />

restaurant bill w<br />

RJ<br />

Prime minister<br />

ChanceUor<br />

in latest scandal<br />

A It said the plot was poor but the acting good, which<br />

was quite true.<br />

B It bases its stories just on facts, not on feelings or beliefs.<br />

C The newspaper wasn't allowed to publish all the details.<br />

D It made the story more shocking than it really was.<br />

E You can't believe anything you hear on it. It's obvious<br />

what political party they favour!<br />

Can you remember the words on this page?<br />

Test yourself or a partner.<br />

o p.78<br />

RJ Thousands of jobs<br />

II] Stock market<br />

bit by oil fears<br />

A argument<br />

B have been cut<br />

C question, interrogate<br />

D is going to leave<br />

by UKfinns<br />

II:JPoIic:e<br />

in murder trial<br />

E is going to marry<br />

F is predicted (to be successful)<br />

G has been badly affected<br />

H supports<br />

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